Lesson Quiz 8-4: The Byzantine Empire and Emerging Europe
Charlemagne created the ___ Empire
Carolingian
What caused Clovis to convert to Christianity?
During battle, he made a promise that if he won the battle, he would convert
In the kingdoms of the Ostrogoths and Visigoths, Romans were ___ power
Excluded
Clovis established the kingdom of the ___
Franks
The ___ was a means of determining guilt in Germanic law
Ordeal
What was the most important social institution in Germanic custom?
The family
What happened to the Roman structure of government when the Ostrogoths and the Visigoths took over Roman territories in Italy and Spain?
They kept the Roman structure of government but excluded Romans from holding power
In Germanic law, the fine paid by a wrongdoer to his or her victim's family was called ___
Wergild